I have no idea where I'll go but I'll go.
" Why is the most expensive train fully booked?", I wonder as I flipped through routes while I was looking for the $8 train ride. Yes. These days even $8 is way too expensive for me to spend on one way train. But, that's where the fun is. Think about crowded entitled people in one space think that they has more money than you while sitting in economy, the people who bring their entire family on their lifetime trip, and people with little consideration to other human being. To my elite self, those are friction and I'd much rather sit in an executive train, experiencing much less the same but with style. But hey, it's time for me to be slapped with some reality once again.
By doing connecting trains, be annoyed at people, and enjoying the frictions like the rest of normal people, somehow it was freeing.
In my wandering days I barely care about frictions and acted less like elites. I was feral and much like the other becoming selfish of space and their environment. It was only when I started "seeing" more money, I started developing the mindset, ' better than thou' where I avoided friction as much as possible. While I also like it, sometimes I also like the illusion of freedom gives me.
So, rather than seeing 3 connections as inconvenience, I am seeing it as an adventure. What's more freeing when you can actually live your life that way? Going as you please, without being constrained by things you don't care about.
In my first stop, I had my first coffee. It's just how I normally would do it before being in a place I barely care about. This was the buffer on the next reality I was about to enter and participate.
Today, I am tracing all that to remind myself that I am working on gaining more options for my life. I should no longer live like I have no options. I have "options" and I am going to work for more "options" in my life.
With this train, no fixed destination and time, let's see how far I can go and build. This time, with more responsible spontaneity.
 | 𝘊𝘦𝘮𝘺 (𝘰𝘳 𝘔𝘢𝘤) 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝖼𝗋𝖾𝖺𝗍𝗂𝗏𝖾 𝗀𝖾𝗇𝖾𝗋𝖺𝗅𝗂𝗌𝗍 & 𝘤𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘶𝘳, 𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘮𝘣𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘣𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘴𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘬. 𝘏𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘭𝘰𝘨 𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘴 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘭𝘶𝘴𝘵, 𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘺, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘵𝘩. 𝘠𝘰𝘶’𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘴, 𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘯𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘺, 𝘱𝘰𝘱 𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦, 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘭, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘱𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘰𝘱𝘩𝘺; 𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘩𝘦’𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘤𝘶𝘱𝘴 𝘥𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘪𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘦. 𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘴𝘸𝘪𝘮𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘤𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘴. 𝘍𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘯 𝘏𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘣 𝘢 𝘤𝘶𝘱 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘴. |
There is an old American hymn that goes like this: "'Tis a gift to be to simple, 'tis a gift to be free, just to come right down to where we ought to be" ... you are discovering WHY that song was written. We are all human. This is not to say there are not moments when the executive car is not the better choice ... but you will find that leaving "better than thou" in your twenties will help you build much stronger systems with much better humans in your thirties...
It's good to have some shock every once in a while. Even for me, I had great experience and time whenever I am traveling through this means. I found quirky cafe, new crowd, and interesting stories. Everyone is less uptight as well.
Enjoy your new journey @macchiata ! I look forward to hearing more as you travel your path :)
hehehe glad to be back on the road again. It's exhausting but fun, I get to live my old life again 😊
Hai, apa kabar?
Sekarang kamu tinggal di kota mana?
Halo, kabar baik. Aku sekarang tinggal di Magelang & Madiun. Kamu sekarang tinggal di kota mana?
Aku di kota Solo
It's good to feel free, comfortable, and drink coffee.
This felt like a small gift: I have no idea where I'll go but I'll go., it's the kind of post that makes the feed better.